NEW statistics reveal that over a third of residents in Yorkshire have eaten chocolate as part of every meal in a single day.

Around six in ten people in Yorkshire fail to realise just how many calories are in their favourite chocolate treats while many confessed to eating chocolate for breakfast, lunch and dinner, according to new statistics released as part of the British Heart Foundation’s (BHF) DECHOX campaign to help fund life saving research into heart disease.

The BHF is calling on chocolate-lovers across the UK to give up their favourite chocolate treats in March and get sponsored to raise money for life saving research into heart disease.

Tracy Parker, Heart Health Dietician at the BHF, said: “It’s no secret that we’re a nation of chocoholics. While its fine to treat yourself now and again, this survey shows how chocolate is becoming commonplace in our diets – almost from the moment we wake up to when we go to sleep.”

Sign up at www.bhf.org.uk/dechox.